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Week starting Friday, June 6, 2014

Emperors’ Treasures: Chinese Art from the National Palace Museum, Taipei brings to Houston more than 160 works of art that highlight the artistic and cultural contributions of imperial rulers in China.

Travel the world on foot—all within the Museum! France, India, Egypt, and China are only some of the countries represented in the galleries. In just 45 minutes, discover both commonalities and differences in art from[…]

Many works of art in the MFAH collections were specifically created for particular spaces at the Museum. On this 20-minute Spotlight tour, explore two of these gems, and find out about the inside stories behind[…]

Artists take many different approaches to exploring movement in art: creating a painting or photograph that depicts something moving; asking viewers to move around the art; and sometimes even making the art itself move! Museum[…]

What did it mean to be a Modernist artist in the first quarter of the 20th century? On this 45-minute tour, explore the exhibition Alexander Archipenko: The Berlin Drawings, as well as other works in[…]

Travel the world on foot—all within the Museum! France, India, Egypt, and China are only some of the countries represented in the galleries. In just 45 minutes, discover both commonalities and differences in art from[…]

Many works of art in the MFAH collections were specifically created for particular spaces at the Museum. On this 45-minute tour, explore several of these gems, and find out about the inside stories behind the[…]

The directorial debut of French filmmaker Louis Malle, Elevator to the Gallows is an atmospheric thriller that brings together the beauty of actress Jeanne Moreau (in the role that catapulted her to international stardom), rich[…]

What did it mean to be a Modernist artist in the first quarter of the 20th century? On this 45-minute tour, explore the exhibition Alexander Archipenko: The Berlin Drawings, as well as other works in[…]